About Birmingham Lafayette Cemetery
Birmingham Lafayette Cemetery is a cemetery near West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 3.8 mi north of West Chester. The grounds sit at about 390 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 8 notable people buried here, including N. C. Wyeth, Weldon B. Heyburn and George Watkins. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1169667. The nearest other listed cemetery is Birmingham Friends Burial Ground, about 0.2 mi to the south. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Founds-Feryo Cremation and Burial Services, LLC. in West Chester, about 3.5 mi away. It is one of 287 cemeteries we list in Chester County, and 113 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 287 listings in Chester County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, West Chester. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Birmingham Lafayette Cemetery
Among them: 1 artist, 1 scientist, 1 US representative, 1 US senator.
- N. C. Wyeth1882-1945American illustrator and painter
- Weldon B. Heyburn1852-1912American politician
- George Watkins1902-1970American politician
- Harold Zimmerman1891-1967American football and basketball coach
- William Wiswesser1914-1989American chemist
- Bonita Freeman Witthoft1946-2024American scholar of folklore
- Eleanor Stabler Clarke1896-1995Born 1896
- John Gerard Witthoft1921-1993American anthropologist
People whose Wikidata entry gives Birmingham Lafayette Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
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What Birmingham Lafayette Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Birmingham Friends Burial GroundWest Chester, PAQuaker cemetery0.2 mi
- Brandywine Baptist CemeteryChester Heights, PABaptist cemetery2.5 mi
- Pennsbury Union American Methodist Episcopal Church CemeteryWest Chester, PAMethodist cemetery2.6 mi
- Rosedale Friends CemeteryWest Chester, PAQuaker cemetery2.8 mi
- Archies Corner CemeteryChester Heights, PAChristian cemetery3.0 mi
- Parkersville Friends Meeting CemeteryKennett Square, PAQuaker cemetery3.0 mi
- Bethlehem United Methodist Church CemeteryChester Heights, PAMethodist cemetery3.0 mi
- Saint Agnes ChurchyardWest Chester, PACatholic cemetery3.7 mi
- Shiloh African Methodist Episcopal CemeteryWest Chester, PAMethodist cemetery3.7 mi
- Old Kennett Friends Burial GroundKennett Square, PAQuaker cemetery3.7 mi
Funeral homes near Birmingham Lafayette Cemetery
- Founds-Feryo Cremation and Burial Services, LLC.3.5 miCremation provider · West Chester · (610) 696-0134
- DeBaptiste Funeral Homes3.9 miFuneral home · West Chester · (610) 696-4812
- DellaVecchia, Reilly, Smith & Boyd Funeral Home, Inc.4.0 miFuneral home · West Chester · (610) 696-1181
- Chester County Crematory4.7 miCremation provider · West Chester · (610) 701-4322
- Longwood Funeral Home & Cremation Of Matthew Genereux Inc5.3 miFuneral home · Kennett Square · (610) 388-6070
- Donohue Funeral Home5.9 miFuneral home · West Chester · (610) 431-9000
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